[GNC] Wrong starting balance

[David Carlson]

I know that GnuCash uses an internal thing that you must be calling
*identity* rather the text string that appears in the display,  but I
couldn't remember what GnuCash called it.



On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:42 AM Fred Bone <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> On 20 November 2020 at 22:09, David Carlson said:
>
> > As I started to suggest in my previous email, if a given split line
> > contains a 'Y' reconcile status, that implies that the transaction split
> > line passed a reconciliation process for that account on a certain date
> > recorded within the data file, but not visible to users.  If the account
> > name or it's representation in the data file changes in that split line,
> > or if the transaction date changes as associated with that split line,
> > then the 'Y' status should be revoked.
>
> It's not the account *name* that matters, but the account *identity*. The
> split only references the name indirectly.
>
> If my credit card provider renames itself and I rename the relevant
> account to match, that should not be a reason for un-reconciling
> anything.
>
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-- 
David Carlson